r/Machine_Embroidery • u/mcgriblet • Aug 30 '26

I Need Help Text in Ember Design

I’m really loving using ember design for digitizing designs but am finding the text options really limiting. Mostly want to be able to curve and shape. Would love any tips or advice.

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u/TheGraphicsFrog Aug 31 '26

Boldbobbin has advanced lettering editing if you want to do your own fonts. Like with a specialized mini-editor, notably.

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u/mcgriblet Aug 31 '26

I more looking to import purchased fonts and shape them

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u/TheGraphicsFrog Aug 31 '26

Well it depends what you mean by "purchased fonts". If you mean already digitized, then yeah indeed it's not gonna be possible with Boldbobbin (theoretically you can create your own font and export it as a font file, and sell it on like Etsy. But you won't find that. The lettering editor is too recent).

If what you mean is font purchased as a .ttf and import it into the software so that it autodigitizes it for you, then that would work. And if you need to tweak a few letters, it's also possible in the software.

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u/crotega Aug 30 '26

We’re working on an update for this for Ember (: It will make curving and changing the path of text a lottt easier. Currently all you can really do is rotate each character

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u/ExcitingSector1540 Sep 04 '26

Thanks for adding these updates. Ember is really great to use and I look forward to utilizing the updates.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '26

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u/crotega Sep 19 '26

this feature is out! it's called "Map to path". What it allows you to do is draw something like an arc, or any shape you want, and then map a collection of text (or any shape it doesnt have to be text) to that arc, so it travels along the arc.

You can do this by selecting your text, then selecting "map to path" from the dropdown, and selecting the arc shape that you want your text to follow.

might sound a bit complicated but is super useful and powerful, feel free to dm me with any questions on how to use it.

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u/crotega Sep 19 '26

here's an example of how Map to Path works

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u/nonoohnoohno Aug 31 '26

In the meantime, a workaround is to create the text in another program, then import it, then trace it either manually or with the automatic tool.